October 18, 2007When We Don’t Know What To SayODB RADIO: Listen NowDownloadREAD: Job 6:1-14To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend. —Job 6:14-->About this coverRoy Clark and his father sat in the family car in the funeral home parking lot for several minutes. As a teenager, he wasn’t sure how to respond when his dad put his head in his hands and moaned, "I don’t know what to say!"A friend from their church had been in a car accident. She had survived, but her three daughters had all died when a truck hit their vehicle. What could they say to their friend at a time like this?In the Bible we are told that during Job’s time of grieving, his three friends came to mourn with him and to comfort him. For the first 7 days they sat and wept with him because he was in deep sorrow (Job 2:11-13). "No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great" (v.13). Their presence alone was a comfort to him.But then they began to lecture. They told Job he must have sinned and that God was punishing him (4:7-9).When Job was finally able to respond, he told his friends what he needed from them. He asked for reasons to continue hoping (6:11), for kindness (v.14), and for words that did not presume guilt (vv.29-30).Remembering the story of Job and his friends may help us when we don’t know what to say. —Anne Cetas—Anne Cetas-->Lord, give me sensitivityTo people in their grief and pain,To weep with them and show Your loveIn ways mere words cannot attain. —SperWhen someone’s grieving—listen, don’t lecture.For similar resources, search these topics:Christian Life > Personal Crisis > Sorrow/GriefBible in One Year: Isaiah 53-55; 2 Thessalonians 1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

媽媽臀部寬 女兒乳癌機率高【中央社】據英國「每日郵報」報導，研究人員警告說，臀部較寬的母親所生的女兒，罹患乳癌的機率可能比一般女性多出七倍之多。報導說，一項針對數千名女性所做的研究顯示，母親臀部的寬度與女兒罹患乳癌的機率之間具有明顯的關連性。一般來說，臀部寬度超過30公分的母親所生的女性，罹患乳癌的機率比一般女性高出六成，但如果女性是在母腹中整整40個星期才出生而且有兄姊，她罹患乳癌的比例就比一般女性高出七倍。南安普敦大學的研究人員巴克說，這種現象可能是由雌性激素所造成，而這項發現最終可能使預防乳癌的藥物得以問世。據信孕婦懷孕初期和末期在血液中出現大量雌性激素，使得發育中的胚胎不成熟的胸部組織產生危險的變化。孕婦臀部的寬度，跟她產生的雌性激素量有直接關係，而這種荷爾蒙的量越多，胎兒受到的影響越大。在國際醫學研究界享有盛名的巴克說：「女性臀部的寬度是雌性激素分泌量的指標。寬而渾圓的臀部代表母體含有大量性荷爾蒙，而她女兒未來得到乳癌的機率就會升高。」巴克對六千多名生於1934和1944年間的芬蘭婦女的健康做了研究，並把她們的健康狀況跟她們母親臀部寬度的資料做了比較。2007-10-17~ ｜ ~閱覽更多新聞，請看世界日報。------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mother hip width daughter higher breast cancer risk [CNA According to the British "Daily Mail" report, the researchers warned that the mother of hip wide born daughter, breast cancer risk may be more than seven times as much as women. Reports said that a few thousand women for the study shows that the width of the mother and daughter hip breast cancer risk has obvious between linking. In general, hip width of more than 30 centimeters mother born women, the breast cancer rate 60% higher than the average female, but if women are rare in the whole 40 weeks before birth and with elder siblings, her breast cancer on the proportion of which is seven times higher than the general female. University of Southampton research Ian Barker said, a phenomenon likely to be caused by estrogen, and that this discovery may ultimately to the prevention of breast cancer drugs available. It is believed pregnant women in early pregnancy, and late in the blood massive estrogen, making immature embryonic development in the chest organizations dangerous changes. The width of pregnant women buttocks, told her the estrogen is directly related to volume, which is more of the hormone, the greater the impact on the fetus. In the international medical research community renowned Buck said: "The female hip width is estrogen secretion targets. The broad meaning contains a lot of hip behalf of the mother of hormones, and her daughter, the future will be increased breast cancer risk. " Buck, born in 1934 to more than 6,000 between 1944 and the Finnish women's health study done, and their health status with their mother hip width done a comparison of information. 2007-10-17 Read more news, take a look at the World Journal.